intrathoracic
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Truth is, the intrathoracic pressure in your body momentarily increases when we sneeze.
From Fox News ● Dec. 14, 2018
For adult SLO analysis axillary, brachial, inguinal and intrathoracic lymph nodes and Peyer’s patches were carefully dissected.
From Nature ● Apr. 4, 2014
Doris Yost, 3, was just another case of intrathoracic cancer when she entered Johns Hopkins Hospital two months ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
The respiratory movements consist in a dilatation or opening up of the thoracic esophageal lumen during inspiration, due to the negative intrathoracic pressure.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
A, shows cane-shaped cannula for use in intrathoracic compressive or other stenoses.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
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